4 Killed In Plane When It Rams Into Office Building

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September 22, 1997

TORRANCE, Calif. - A single-engine airplane crashed into a medical office building shortly after taking off Sunday, killing all four people aboard and setting the building on fire. No one on the ground was injured. The Beechcraft Sundowner crashed into the roof of the three-story building about 10:30 a.m. after leaving the Torrance airport, a Federal Aviation Administration official said. The building, which has office space for doctors, physical therapists and others, apparently was unoccupied at the time, fire Capt. John Vosper said.

School paper turns down a $5,000 Playboy award

SAN FRANCISCO - School officials have refused a $5,000 award given by the Playboy Foundation to a local high school newspaper. In a letter last week, two San Francisco Unified School District associate superintendents thanked the Chicago-based foundation for recognizing the quality of the West Wing, a paper produced by Mission High School students. But the letter said taking money associated with Playboy didn't mesh with the school district's mission.

Baby-sitter, 12, dies after being beaten by prowler

STANWOOD, Wash. - A 12-year-old girl died Sunday after being beaten unconscious while baby-sitting five children whose parents were out for an evening birthday celebration, authorities said. Authorities were searching for a prowler who neighbors said was near the house where the girl was assaulted, said Jan Jorgensen, spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. The girl was watching five preschool children from two families Saturday at a neighbor's home in this town of about 2,000 people, 40 miles north of Seattle. The adults were out celebrating a birthday, Jorgensen told KIRO-TV.